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DELRAY BEACH -- A small metal lock box was reported stolen from a home in the 100 block of Northeast First Avenue on Dec. 18, police said. A burglar smashed a window on the front door, reached through and unlocked the latch. Nothing else was reported missing.

PLANTATION -- A gold nugget bracelet, a gold ring with a diamond, a gold chain and a carved Chinese box were stolen last Friday night from a home in the 11800 block of Northwest 11th Street. The value of the stolen items was estimated at $4,350, police said.

HALLANDALE -- A briefcase and a tool box, valued at a total of $150, were stolen from a 1987 Honda Civic that was parked in a lot in the 100 block of Ansin Boulevard on Oct. 23. The rear window was broken to gain entry.

It all started with a cardboard box falling out the back of a trailer onto Interstate 95 in the Lake Worth area late Friday night, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. Lake Worth resident Marcella DeBanks, 17, was looking down to change radio stations. She looked up to see the box and swerved - right into Palm Beach County Sheriff's Deputy John Carroll's patrol car, reports said. Meanwhile Lantana resident Ole Florexic, 41, who was traveling in the outside lane, stopped to avoid colliding with the box. The car driven by William Stevens, 47, struck Florexic's car. And the car driven by John Sumpter, 46, hit Stevens' vehicle.

A decomposed body was found on Sunday in a cardboard box alongside the Sawgrass Expressway, Coral Springs police said. At about 10 a.m., Florida Highway Patrol Trooper William Drainer stopped to check what he thought was a box of trash on the edge of a canal that runs parallel to the northbound lanes of the Expressway about one mile south of Sample Road. When Drainer moved the box it broke apart and he discovered the body wrapped in a gray, quilted blanket. "This will take days to figure out," said police spokesman Sgt. Jeff Maslan.

Boca Raton -- A 19-inch red plastic tool box with miscellaneous tools worth $315 was taken from the back of a 1984 white Ford van owned by Florida Public Utilities. The van was burglarized between 12:30 p.m. on May 1 and 1 p.m. on May 2 while it was parked in the 7500 block of North Federal Highway.

NORTH LAUDERDALE -- Someone broke into a white Triumph sports car on April 3 and stole tools and a tool box valued at $1,500, a police report said. The car was parked in front of the owner`s house on the 6600 block of the Boulevard of Champions, a police report said. The burglar broke into the car by lifting up the convertible top, the report said.